SPR Pub Quiz, 4 May 2022

This year the SPR Pub Quiz returned to the Tokenhouse in Moorgate, where a large private room was taken over by ten teams of eager SPR quizzers. As the Society’s second face-to-face social event of 2022, this marked another milestone on the road back to normality in the wake of the pandemic.

Quizmaster Andrew Marston had put together a set of questions that ranged from the relatively straightforward to the challenging and a few that were beyond most participants, on topics spanning sport, music, popular culture, history, current affairs and the natural world. Notably, devotees of The Masked Singer were rewarded with a fiendish picture quiz linking the singers’ faces to the alter egos used in the show.

That knowledge helped the team from PMA finish the quiz at the top of the pile, their score of 72 significantly overhauling teams from Carter Jonas in second place (63.5) and JLL in third (60). At the end of the evening, the winning team of Mike Variah, James Shirt, Shadi Fakhouri, Tom Kynaston, Joe Elliott and Joe Gregory were presented with the prestigious SPR Quiz Trophy by committee member David Inskip.

But this was an occasion where the old saying ‘everyone’s a winner’ really held true. Once again it proved a great opportunity for some friendly rivalry with other organisations, helped on by the complementary refreshments provided by the Society.

Tim Horsey

2022 Pub quiz winners - PMA Babes